Charlie Thorne isn’t your typical teenager - she’s more intelligent than most adults and is way too busy saving the world to waste time on her cellphone. In fact, this won’t be her first time outsmarting covert organizations, solving seemingly impossible puzzles, and uncovering truths that could impact the entire planet. This time around, it’s a race against time to find Isaac Newton’s hidden secret to immortality, a weapon so powerful it could either save humanity or destroy it.
In a dark and gritty Gotham City, a serial killer known as the Riddler is terrorizing the city, leaving a trail of cryptic clues and gruesome murders in his wake. Enter Batman, a brooding and intense vigilante who has been watching over Gotham for two years. As Batman delves deeper into the mystery, he must confront his own demons and team up with unlikely allies, including Lieutenant James Gordon and Selina Kyle, to unravel the Riddler's sinister plot.
In the epic conclusion to the Infinity Saga, Avengers: Endgame brings together a star-studded ensemble of superheroes in a battle to save the universe from the devastating consequences of Thanos' snap. After the events of Avengers: Infinity War, the surviving members of the Avengers and their allies must come to terms with their failure to stop Thanos and find a way to restore balance to the universe.
In the summer of 1962, a group of young friends discovers the joys of baseball and the magic of teamwork in the beloved coming-of-age film The Sandlot. The story centers around Scotty Smalls, a shy and awkward newcomer to the neighborhood who deeply hopes to make friends. He meets Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, a charming leader of a group of local kids who gather to play baseball at the sandlot.
This classic piece of literature by Shakespeare tells the tale of forbidden lovers, Romeo Montague, and Juliet Capulet from warring families. To begin, the families are not allowed to fight by order of the Prince. Later that night, Romeo and his friends break into a Capulet party. Romeo meets Juliet and they fall in love. However, all is not well because Juliet is promised to marry Paris. After a deadly battle between the two families, Romeo is banished. Juliet and Romeo make a plan with the Friar that ultimately ends in bloodshed.
Upon finding out that her twin sister Drew is graduating a year early, Devin makes a plan to have the “Best Summer Ever.” The first part of this plan is Devin, with a group of friends, going to a party with Drew’s friends. At the party, one of Drew’s friends does a seemingly innocent party trick with a Ouija board, which leads to the friend group being haunted by a very real demon. The friends then, in classic horror movie style, try to kill the demon before it kills them, all while trying to have a good last summer with Drew.
Berliners, by Vesper Stamper, is essentially the story of twin brothers Rudi and Peter Moser-Fleischmann. Rudi, a photographer, and Peter, an aspiring actor, are living in post-WWII Berlin. Not only is this a coming-of-age story, it is an exploration of a period of time often overshadowed and forgotten. It asks questions that we ourselves may be too afraid to ask, and confronts the reader with messages and lessons through lyrical prose that can be just as relevant today as it was in the 1960s.
In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main character, Winston, lives in a totalitarian society where he silently rebels against the “Party Members”(the government). The novel takes place in the future and speculates what our society could become. Citizens in Oceania are constantly under surveillance and fear a fictional creation that the government threatens. Throughout the novel, Winston struggles in difficult situations and acts in different ways to overcome them.
Refugee by Alan Gratz is an exciting and emotional book that tells the stories of three young refugees from different times and places: Nazi Germany, 1990s Cuba and modern-day Syria. Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud as protagonists face tough challenges, like escaping danger and crossing dangerous waters to find safety and refuge. Gratz does a great job of mixing action with deep emotion, making the characters’ struggles feel real.
Mira is on her way home for the holidays, when her flight gets canceled due to a raging blizzard. Wanting to get home, she accepts an offer from an acquaintance, Harper, whom she met on the plane ride. In the car with Harper and Harper’s friends, Mira begins to feel like the other passengers are hiding secrets. Harper and Brecken seem to know each other. Brecken has an unsettling intensity and a tendency to break the law. Kayla is sleeping nearly the whole time, or is she? Then, there is Josh, the only passenger who is as paranoid as she is, but he’s ready to throw anyone under the bus.
